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Kansas City Massacre — Part 22
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been lett by these persons “an the eabie.: ‘In connect fon with the ‘exhibition - Maen
ef the photograph of Miller to Theisen, Theieon stated that the full face of: .
_..° Miller leoks familiar to him, but after continued questioning he could not = =>
its "5 eecount for the fact. that it looked femiliar. He stated that he will weep, a
“| Jook out for these persons and if any suspicious person arrives ‘et his.
‘“" "place he will immediately notity the Sherif and the Jacksonville Ofrice, of
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Bpectel Agent in charge Ro rv ne end Agent L. Be Kingmaii
arrived at DeFuniek at thie time and they, together with thie Agent, again —_
interviewed Sheriff Prescott. Sheriff Prescott was interrogated relative to
his conversation with Mre. Hopkins on the night of October 18, 1933, and he
etated that as he drove up to her place he saw a Ford & Seden with a-man and Ares
woman in it departing. He advised that he was then endeavoring to apprehend.
. @ Post Office robber by the ‘name of McNealy, who had « few days previously, :::.- “S ;
- @ecaped from Geneva, Alabama, and who he was then informed was in that vicinity -
with a stolen Ford & Sedan. He stated that at thet time he advised Mra, Hopkins |
” that he wae looking for McNeely and asked her if the occupant was he end that _.
‘7+ -=- phe replied “Noy that she knew McNeely and that it was not him, and further that
. the couple who had just departed had previous: y spent the night at her service
station. The Sheriff advised that Mre, Hopkins is @ reliable informant of his
whow he has known for several years, baving sold her groceries when in the <*>":
_ Grocery businese and that she, as far as he know, is truthful end reliable in
‘furnishing information. He was informed of what Mrs. Hopkins bad said, but
- stated that ehe undoubtedly was confused as he asked her concerning MoNeoly =
‘and Rever mentioned Miller's name to her. . The Sheriff advised thet he has nad | fae
" no information to the effect that Vernon Miller and hie wife bad ever been ip .*°
that vicinity end that since receiving the informtion frem Pilcher to the —
effect that a two gunman, whom Pilcher believes was Underhill, had deen in that
vicinity he has been making overy effort toward identifying and \ aporehending - a
‘that person, :. je: LE Bat ey fre te Bee
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on Ep ee -_ jgente nt, Kingman and Rorer procesded to the dncecta
; Tourist. camp ‘where Mre. Hopkins wae again interviewed, She again told about
. + the same story which ehe had narrated to agent Rorer previously end stated that. ae
‘£ + she 46 positive that the Sheriff suggested to her the names of the odcupents :
Bs 1 ‘of the Ford car who came to her camp on the 18th were the Millers. She denied.
T= oF that she ever heard of the name McNeely and further denied that ashe {aformed .
=| 7.” the Sheriff that the occupants of the Ford sedan ever etopped at her Places *
.- ‘ “She was again shown the photograph of Vivian Moore and identified it as ‘being:
that of the blond woman who ceme to her place on the 18th. She was chown a’ mt _
photograph of Vernon Miller and stated that it wae of the person who came to
her place~but that it did not look very much like him. She was then shown a
photograph of Richard Gelatas without the glasses on and she inmediately was
very positive that it was an excellent likeness of the person who was in the
Ford sedan with the blond woman eat her place on the 18th, When this picture
wes exhidited to her she was told that it was aleo a picture of Miller, She
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